Australia/Schools - February 2001
Strapped for cash: man gets $2.5m for a 1984 caning
More cash for a strap than a car crash
Catholic schools should be brought to accountLawyers lost for words after jury payout to man strapped in school 17 years ago

4 youths held for harassmentThey get 15 lashes each for harassing girl students

Youths lashed for attacking teacher70 lashes and two months in jail for three

Youths punished with ten lashesPunished for harassing women in markets

Seven teens given 15 lashes each for harassing women"Educational punishment" for school and university students

Saudi Arabia/Judicial - June 2001
Scot faces Saudi lashes (illustrated)
You Were Warned
Flogging is a barbaric punishment, it shouldn't be inflicted
Cook acts to save Britons from lashUp to 500 lashes ordered for four accused of illegal trading in alcohol

Riyadh won't allow others to meddle in its judiciaryOfficial unmoved by pleas on behalf of Brits sentenced to flogging

Students caned for cheatingThey passed information to classmates in exams

Worker at boys' hostel molested minorFour years and 12 strokes of cane for supervisor, 42

Singapore/Schools - September 2001
Caned: Principal punishes 41 boys for skipping tests
Counselled: School turns 166 students around
Up to schools, says ministryParents divided after 41 boys get two strokes each on buttocks; but same school also proud of its counselling programme

Find out why child was punished first
Caning students for skipping test too harshParents too ready to blame school without ascertaining facts, says one letter-writer; caning should be kept for more serious offences, retorts another

Don't rap teachers when students are ones at faultParents complaining about caning are acting ridiculously, writes former teacher

Swaziland/Judicial - June 2001
Swazi police catch up with 'talking baboons'
Swazi boys found guilty of 'baboon rampage'Three teens dressed up as baboons and terrorised women

Swaziland/Schools - June 2001
Students block road to school with large rocks
... and male teacher 'teaching politics'?High school closed indefinitely after students demonstrate against corporal punishment

US/Domestic - March 2001
Church faces abuse probe over whipping of children
Pastor, 5 followers arrested in child beatings
Minister has prior conviction for beating
Welfare officials acknowledge the value of spanking
'Who's supposed to be the villain?'
'They'd beat them for every simple little thing they'd do'Controversy over Rev. Arthur Allen's 'House of Prayer' in Atlanta, GA

Paddle usage generally fading among Kentucky private schoolsCatholic schools have banned it but some others still use c.p.

Paddling very rare, restricted or not used in Indiana districtsMost but not all IN districts have stopped using it

Ex-Alvarado student sues district over corporal punishment12-year-old TX boy opted for paddle, then regretted it

US/Domestic - April 2001
Discipline or abuse? Church renews spanking debate
Whippings In The Pulpit
Race, Region and Gender Play Roles in Support for Corporal PunishmentAuthorities remove 41 children from 'House of Prayer'